The tornado appears to have begun near Highway 469 just northwest of the Harrisville community. The tornado moved east northeast, downing numerous trees and some power lines, and damaging some fences. The most intense damage was on Deer Camp Road, where a large number of trees were uprooted and snapped, power lines were downed, and one power pole was snapped. As the tornado approached Braxton, it caused roof damage to one home and damaged or destroyed several outbuildings. The tornado dissipated just south southwest of Braxton before crossing Highways 149 and 49.

Simpson County EF-1 Tornado2 NE Martinville to 3.5 ENE Martinville

The initial damage was noted near the intersection of Warren and Warren Cook Roads, where several trees were downed. The tornado moved east and caused its most intense damage near the intersection of Warren Cook and Cole Roads. A chicken house was nearly destroyed, two other chicken houses sustained significant damage, a roof was blown off a mobile home, a few other homes sustained some roof damage, and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado then caused roof damage to a house on Bill Collins Road. The tornado appears to have dissipated just after crossing Highway 540, where a couple of pine trees had their tops blown off and some limbs were blown down.

Simpson County Straight-line Wind Damagenorth of Martinville

Three large trees were also blown down along Highway 541 just north of the Martinville community; however, this damage appeared to be straight line wind damage.

Radar Imagery
These images from the Brandon, MS doppler radar show the tornadic thunderstorm at 10:32am as it moved through northwestern Simpson County near Harrisville. The image on the left shows 0.5° base reflectivity data, and the image on the right shows 0.5° storm relative velocity data. Click on the thumbnail below for a higher resolution image.

These images from the Brandon, MS doppler radar show the tornadic thunderstorm at 11:36am as it moved through northeastern Simpson County near the Martinville community. The image on the left shows 0.5° base reflectivity data, and the image on the right shows 0.5° storm relative velocity data. Click on the thumbnail below for a higher resolution image.

Acknowledgements

The National Weather Service thanks Simpson County Emergency Management Agency and Simpson County Sheriff's Department for their assistance in completing this damage survey.